Employment Service Manager (Woking)

Employment Service Manager Permanent, 37.5 hours per week £35,348 - £37,090 (inclusive of Location allowance) per annum Surrey Do you have an in‐depth understanding of mental health issues and experience of working in a health setting? Have you heard of the IPS employment model and how it helps people with mental ill health back to meaningful employment. At Waythrough we believe that enjoyable employment alongside medication and talking therapy is the 3rd recovery tool. If you want to make a real difference to the community, then welcome to Waythrough as an IPSPC Employment Service Manager. Right now, we’re looking for someone like you to help manage the day‐to‐day running of a team of Employment Specialists across Surrey and N.E Hants. As well as ensuring the quality of service and support provided to people who have all manner of health conditions who use our services, we’ll rely on you to manage the IPS service delivery, line manage front line staff and work with our established clinical partners. Whether you’re carrying out an induction and training package, putting team development plans in place, integrating your staff across the community, one thing for sure – you won't be short of challenge and variety. Substantial experience gained managing a caseload of individuals with complex needs is a given, as well as being outcome driven and able to lead by example using your firm but inclusive management style. You have the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with external partners and other organisations and you develop and support your team to become a high performing IPS employment service. You’re open and encouraging too and have lots of tact and diplomacy, and willing to be progressive and make a difference. What's more, you will need to be great at managing conflicting priorities on time, have a flexible attitude to working hours. If you have experience of carrying out investigations, writing reports/recommendations or managing budgets, even better, although it's not essential. If you really want to make a difference in the world of health this is the place to be! To review the Job Description please click here. We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or anyone from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic group. This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted. When applying, please upload a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience. Learning and development is important to us, and we are pleased to be able to offer a wide range of apprenticeships. We hire apprentices into specific roles as well as offering apprenticeships to the workforce. Anyone can apply to undertake an apprenticeship relevant to the role as long as they are in a permanent post and have successfully passed probation. Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship (RF). Aquarius supports people in the Midlands affected by substance use or gambling. It was a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship and is now a subsidiary of Waythrough. We are specialists in mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas. We provide high quality, evidence-based services, which are designed around the needs of the people we support. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support. We have almost 200 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around 125,000 people. Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and it’ll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. That why you will notice the jobs here are still branded ‘Richmond Fellowship’ or ‘Aquarius’ (our subsidiary charity in the Midlands). Next year we’ll be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate. Thanks for bearing with us – and don’t forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Humankind job site https://peoplekind.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/ Aquarius Aquarius is a subsidiary of Waythrough. Aquarius is a Midlands-based charity supporting individuals to overcome the harms caused by drugs, alcohol and gambling. Aquarius has always held the view that people we support could resolve their problems with support and guidance and that people have the ability to find their own solutions to their problems. Our roles across the organisation include Practitioners and Administrators as well as Team Managers. Find out more at www.aquarius.org.uk